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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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